Just for fun: My predictions for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada

Group A

Canada vs. China PR                        2:1 (1:1)                (Matheson 43., Tancredi 71. / Ma Jun 17.)

New Zealand vs. Netherlands          3:1 (0:0) (Hearn 56., 68., 74. / Spitse 85.)

China PR vs. Netherlands                 2:1 (0:0)                (Li Ying 79., Wu Haiyan 90. + 4 / Miedema 51.)

Canada vs. New Zealand                 2:2 (1:0)                (Sinclair 17. (PK), Nault 89. / Hearn 35., Gregorius 77.)

Netherlands vs. Canada                   1:1 (0:1)                (Martens 61. / Schmidt 30.)

China PR vs. New Zealand              1:1 (0:0) (Ma Jun 58. / Hearn 64.) 

 

Table

1. New Zealand                   1 2 0       +2           5

2. Canada                            1 2 0       +1           5

3. China PR                         1 1 1       0             4

4. Netherlands                     0 1 2       -3           1

 

Group B

Norway vs. Thailand         5:0 (4:0) (Gulbrandsen 6., Ada Hegerberg 10., Ronning 15. (PK), Sonstevold 25., Bjanesoy 59.)

Germany vs. Ivory Coast 4:1 (2:0) (Laudehr 33., Marozsan 45., Mittag 65., Lotzen 86. / N’Rehy, 74.)

Germany vs. Norway         1:1 (1:0) (Sasic 13. / Mykjaland 79.)

Ivory Coast vs. Thailand  3:0 (1:0) (Nahi 44., Nogbou 56., Esmei 61.)

Thailand vs. Germany       0:8 (0:6) (Popp 9., 36., Sasic 25., 65., Maroszan 32. (PK), Goessling 38., Krahn 45.+1, Bremer 90.+2)

Ivory Coast vs. Norway    2:3 (1:2) (Elloh 41., Akaffou 57. / Ada Hegerberg 35., Herlovsen 73., Lund 87.)

 

Table

1. Germany          2 1 0       +11         7

2. Norway             2 1 0       +6           7

3. Ivory Coast     1 0 2       -7            3

4. Thailand           0 0 3       -16          0

 

Group C

Cameroon vs. Ecuador                     2:1 (2:0) (Ngoni Mani 16., Enganamouit 32. / Vasquez 49.)

Japan vs. Switzerland                        1:2 (0:1) (Ogimi 67. / Bürki 15., Bachmann 51.)

Switzerland vs. Ecuador                   1:3 (1:1) (Abbé 19. / Caicedo 35., Vasquez 48., Zambrano 63.)

Japan vs. Cameroon                         2:2 (0:1) (Sawa 55., Sakaguchi 77. / Ngoni Mani 39., Manie 70.)

Ecuador vs. Japan                           1:3 (0:1) (Vasquez 56. / Kumagai 40., Ogimi 53., Miyami 62.)

Switzerland vs. Cameroon               1:0 (0:0) (Maritz 90.+1)

 

Table

1. Switzerland      2 0 1       0             6

2. Japan                1 1 1       +1           4

3. Cameroon        1 1 1       0             4

4. Ecuador            1 0 2       --1          3

 

Group D:

Sweden vs. Nigeria                             1:1 (0:0) (Schelin 55. / Nwabuokn 67.)

United States vs. Australia               4:2 (3:1) (O’Reilly 13., Morgan 27., Leroux 42., Lloyd 67. / Butt 4., De Vanna 78.)

Australia vs. Nigeria                          2:1 (0:1) (De Vanna 55., Gorry 75. / Oparanozie 39.)

United States vs. Sweden                  2:2 (1:1) (Morgan 31., Wambach 81. / Asllani 7., 53.)

Nigeria vs. United States                   2:0 (1:0) (Ordega 19., Sunday 70.)

Australia vs. Sweden                         1:1 (0:0) (De Vanna 66. / Fischer 88.)

 

Table:

1. Nigeria                              1 1 1       +1           4

2. United States                   1 1 1       0             4

3. Australia                           1 1 1       -1            4

4. Sweden                             0 3 0       0             3

 

Group E:

Spain vs. Costa Rica                         2:3 (1:0)                (Jiménez 12., Boquete 47. / R. Rodriguez 71., Trana 85., L. Rodriguez 90.+3)

Brazil vs. South Korea                      2:1 (1:0) (Rosana 20., Debinha 90.+2 / Hwang Bo-ram 82.)

Brazil vs. Spain                                   1:1 (1:0) (Marta 32. / Bermudez 69.)

South Korea vs. Costa Rica             1:1 (0:0) (Ji So-yun 52. / Alvarado 57.)

Costa Rica vs. Brazil                         2:4 (0:3) (R. Rodriguez 65., Trana 90. +1 / Marta 11., 69., Cristiane 43., 77.)

South Korea vs. Spain                       2:1 (0:1) (Park Eun-sun 47., Jeon Ga-eul 69. / Pablos 16.)

 

Table:

1. Brazil                2 1 0       +3           7

2. South Korea    1 1 1       0             4

3. Costa Rica       1 1 1       -1            4

4. Spain                 0 1 2       -2            1

 

Group F:

France vs. England                            2:1 (1:0) (Le Sommer 18., Delie 58. / Williams 68.)

Colombia vs. Mexico                        3:2 (2:1) (Velasquez 22., Arias 33., Ariza 86. / Perez 35., Mercado 58.)

France vs. Colombia                         3:1 (1:0) (Delie 37., Bussaglia 57., Renard 73. / Castro 89.)

England vs. Mexico                           1:1 (0:0) (Aluko 53. / Ocampo 82.)

Mexico vs. France                              2:2 (1:1) (Perez 19., Corral 76. / Delie 16., Abily 57.)

England vs. Colombia                       1:1 (0:0) (Taylor 69. / Ospina 89.)

 

Table:

1. France                              2 1 0       +3           7

2. Colombia                         1 1 1       -1            4

3. Mexico                             0 2 1       -1            2

4. England                            0 2 1       -1            2

 

 

Round of sixteen:

Canada vs. Japon                                       2:1 AET (1:0 / 1:1) (Sinclair 14., Fleming 114. / Ando 80.)

Nigeria vs. Costa Rica                      3:1 (1:0) (Oshoala 19., Oparanozie 50., Nkwocha 86. / 89. Ebi (OG))

Germany vs. Australia                                3:0 (1:0) (Peter 32., Däbritz 81., Popp 87.)

France vs. South Korea                     3:1 (2:0) (Dali 26., Thomis 42., Diani 90.+1 / Park Eun-sun 62. (PK))

Brazil vs. United States                     2:3 AET (2:0/2:2) (Formiga 19., Marta 28. / O’Hara 54., Lloyd 90., Wambach 104.)

Switzerland vs. China PR                 1:2 APK (1:0/1:1) (Crnogorcevic 20. / Li Dongna 70.)

Norway vs. Colombia                       2:0 (0:0) (Ada Hegerberg 58., Minde 80.)

New Zealand vs. Cameroon            1:2 AET (0:0/0:0) (Wilkinson 108. / Enganamouit 104., Feudjio 119.)

 

Quarter-finals:

Canada vs. Nigeria                            1:2 AET (0:0/1:1) (Sinclair 55. (PK) / Halimatu 78., Ofoegbu 117.)

Germany vs. France                          2:1 APK (1:0/1:1) (Marozsan 15., Mittag 94. / Delie 48.)

United States vs. China PR              3:0 (1:0) (O’Reilly 32., Morgan 56., Leroux 73.)

Norway vs. Cameroon                      2:1 (1:0) (Ada Hegerberg 23., Herlovsen 62. / Nkout 90.+1)

 

Semi-finals:

Nigeria vs. Germany                          2:4 AET (1:2/2:2) (Oshoala 29., Mbachu 90.+2 / Sasic 12., 16., Petermann 101., Leupolz 117.)

United States vs. Norway                 2:1 (1:0) (Sauerbrunn 9., Rapinoe 51. / Ada Hegerberg 72.)

 

Third place:

Nigeria vs. Norway                             1:3 (1:2) (Halimatu 35. / Ada Hegerberg 10., 78., Enget 74.)

 

Final:

Germany vs. United States               2:1 AET (0:1/1:1) (Laudehr 75., Mittag 113. / Rodriguez 13.)

 

 

Top scorer: A. Hegerberg (NOR)

Best player: Marozsan (GER)

Best young player: Halimatu (NIG)

Best goalkeeper: Solo (USA)

 

All-star team:

GK: Wang Fei (CHN), Solo (USA)

DF: Krahn (GER), Lund (NOR), Peter (GER), Renard (FRA), Ronning (NOR), Sauerbrunn (USA)

MF: Bussaglia (FRA), Feudijo (CAM), Halimatu (NIG), Laudehr (GER), Lloyd (USA), Marozsan (GER), Mykjaland (NOR), Nwabuokn (NIG), O’Reilly (USA), Trana (CRC)

FW: Hearn (NZE), A. Hegerberg (NOR), Sasic (GER)